Monday on Lake Effect: Nazi Atrocities in USSR, US Trade, Paralympian Bonnie St. John

Why we’re still learning about Nazi atrocities in the former Soviet Union. Then, we talk with a US trade expert to learn how and why the US has fallen behind in the global economy. And paralympian, Rhodes Scholar, and international businesswoman Bonnie St. John talks about successful ways to empower girls.

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The atrocities committed by the Nazis in World War II are well-known today, or many of them are, anyway. Seventy years ago, the war was ending and the horrific murders of millions in the concentration camps of Europe were coming to light.

Foreign policy and trade agreements have taken center stage in the Trump administration, but it remains unclear how the President’s rhetoric will translate to action.

In one of his first executive orders after the inauguration, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from negotiations over the TPP - also known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The proposed trade agreement was used by both Democrats and Republicans during the campaign, as a proxy for the pitfalls of globalization.

Many of us dream of becoming Olympians. Most of us content ourselves with watching them on television. But despite having her right leg amputated at age five due to a birth defect, Bonnie St. John lived her Olympic dream - and was the first African American to win Winter Olympic medals. She took home a silver and two bronze at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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